NEW DELHI: The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has suspended four officials of the Building Department for regularisation of properties in alleged violation of rules and in connection with building collapse case in Paharganj area.

A complaint was filed regarding regularisation of amalgamated (combining smaller plots) properties in Rohini Zone following which the then executive engineer J P Verma and office inspector of the zone Jagdish Kumar Golani have been placed under suspension with immediate effect, a senior municipal corporation official said.

An assistant engineer and a junior engineer have been suspended in connection with the collpase of a building at Gali Masjid Tevar Khan in Sadar Paharganj Zone.

The superintending engineer in the suspension order of assistant engineer R K Khari and junior engineer Rajinder Kumar noted "serious lapses and dereliction of duty" on their part in connection with collpase incident yesterday.